The Library & Information Centre is a resource centre for teaching, learning and research. It is housed in an area of 400 sq meters with state of the art facilities. This peaceful, sunlit area provides an ideal study space. Being the heart of the academic centre, it is home for all information services with an aim of providing “Anytime, Anywhere, Access” to information. It plays a proactive role in enabling access to information resources of all kind and providing innovative, responsive and effective service to meet the changing needs of the academic community.
Library Collection:
The rich collection of the library comprises the following resources:
| Sl. | Learning / Reading Materials | |
| 1 | Books (Print) | 54,641 |
| 2 | Books (Electronic) | 23,629 |
| 3 | Journals (print) | 73 |
| 4 | Journals (Electronic) | 1,113 |
| 5 | Magazines | 15 |
| 6 | News papers | 14 |
| 7 | CDs/DVDs | 469 |
| 8 | Project reports | 315 |
List of Electronic resources subscribed:
| S | ELECTRONIC RESOURCES | TOTAL RESOURCES | URL to access |
| 1 | McGraw Hill Education | 505 E-Books | http://mcgrawhilleducation.pdn.ipublishcentral.com/ |
| 2 | Knimbus Open access resouces | E-Books : 10,000+ E-Journals : 5700+ | https://pesceb.new.knimbus.com/user#/home |
| 3 | Taylor and francis(E-Books & Journals) | 555 Journals + 4950 E-Books | http://www.tandfonline.com/ |
| 4 | Springer nature (E-Books & Journals) | 690 Journals+ 13000 E-books | https://link.springer.com/ |
| 5 | Sententia Grammar Tool | .. | https://sententia.online/ |
| 6 | Emerald management collection (Journals) | 120 JOURNALS | https://www.emeraldinsight.com/ |
| 7 | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE Journals) | 10 Journals + 21 Conference Proceedings | https://www.ice.org.uk/ |
| 8 | ELSEVIER-SCIENCEDIRECT (CSE) | 436 E-Books (Perpetual Access) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/ |
| 9 | New Age International | 220 E-Books (Prepetual Access) | http://www.newagepublishers.com/servlet/nahome/ |
| 10 | Packt E-Books | 5002 E-Books (Perpetual Access) | https://prod.packtpub.com/in/ |
Area and Seating Capacity: Total area of library is 1171.65 Sq. Mtr. and Seating capacity is 120
Library hours: Library is functional on all week days and remains open for 12 hours a day.
Working hours of the library
Monday – Friday : 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Saturday : 8.00 a.m. to 5.00p.m.
Sunday : 9.00 a.m. to12.00 p.m.
Library staff:
| Sl. No. | Name | Designation | Qualification |
| 1. | Chandrashekar K. L | Senior Librarian | M.L.I.Sc., M.Phil, KSET (PhD) |
| 2. | Raja A | Asst. libn | M.L.I.Sc, |
| 3. | Chandrashekar V. M | Asst. libn | M.L.I.Sc, |
| 4. | Prakash R | Asst. libn | M.L.I.Sc, |
| 5. | Chetan Kumar S. B | Libray Assistant | B.A. (B.L.I. Sc.) |
| 6. | Sunanda M C | Libray Assistant | ITI |
| 7. | Tulasi R | Libray Assistant | PUC |
| 8. | Uday Kumar K | Libraty Attendant | SSLC |
Library automation
The library utilises IT extensively to ensure that resources are accessible from anywhere at anytime. The library is automated using the user-friendly Library Automation Software called Libsoft which also takes care of institutions digital library. Completely automated library management system makes it possible to search the database easily and borrow material at ease, as well as make reservations online.
The library utilises IT extensively to ensure that resources are accessible from anywhere at anytime. A fully equipped digital library with 18 desktops, high end scanners has been setup in LIC. Question papers, Newspaper clippings, full text articles, Photos, CD-ROMs, Power point presentations are hosted in digital library. The entire library collections are made available online through Institute’s network . Users can access the online databases and also find out the real time availability of library materials from their own terminals.
In addition to these resources, the faculty members dynamically upload their lecture and research notes on PESITM intranet. These are available to the students with the simple keying in of a password. Virtual Library: Has a collection of open source materials available on the internet which are relevant to the courses conducted in our college.
i) PES Institute of Technology & Management
ii) PES Institute of Advanced Management Studies
iii) PES Pre-University
Senior Librarian
PES Institute of Technology and Management
NH 206, Sagar Road, Shivamogga – 577 204
Office- 8147053070
Email- librarian@pestrust.edu.in